World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Donald Ralph Yates
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Neligh, Nebraska
Honored By
Beyer Funeral Home
HE SERVED ABOARD THE USS HOUSTON, WHICH WAS SUNK BY THE JAPANESE ON FEBRUARY 28, 1942. HE WAS INTERNED IN THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE PRISON CAMP NO. 5 IN MOULMEIN, BURMA; WHERE HE LATER DIED OF PNEUMONIA.